Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010

The Court, on its own initiative or on the application of a party to the hearing, may order that the whole or any part of the hearing of the application be held in closed court.

The Court, on its own initiative or on the application of a party to the hearing, may make an order prohibiting or restricting—

the publication or broadcasting of any report of the proceeding;

the publication of evidence given in the course of the proceeding;

the publication of matters contained in documents lodged with the Court or received in evidence in the course of the proceeding.

If an order has been made under subsection (1) or (2), the Court must cause a copy of the order to be posted on a door of, or in another conspicuous place at, the place at which the Court is held.

A person must not contravene an order made and posted under this section.

Whether or not the Court makes an order under subsection (1) or (2), a person must not publish or broadcast anything in relation to the hearing in which the following persons are identified or are identifiable—

the person who is the subject of the application;

the applicant for the order;

a person who appears as a witness at the hearing.

For the purposes of subsections (2) and (5), publication does not include a communication by a person made for the purposes of administering or giving effect to the order.